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Dawn LAMO Image 68

Dawn LAMO Image 68
Photojournal: PIA20563
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: April 15, 2016

Shadows cast a dark mood on this scene from Ceres, near the dwarf planet's north pole in this image acquired by NASA's Dawn spacecraft.

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